Launch Instance
API endpoint that returns all Launch objects or a single launch.
EXAMPLE - /launch/
GET: Return a list of all Launch objects.
FILTERS: Fields - 'name', 'id(s)', 'lsp_id', 'lsp_name', 'serial_number', 'launcher_config__id', 'rocket__spacecraftflight__spacecraft__name'
MODE: 'normal', 'list', 'detailed' EXAMPLE: ?mode=list
SEARCH: Searches through the launch name, rocket name, launch agency, mission name & spacecraft name. EXAMPLE - ?search=SpaceX
GET /2.0.0/launch/2a58921a-8364-4db3-a3f8-8e627deceb60/?format=api
{ "id": "2a58921a-8364-4db3-a3f8-8e627deceb60", "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/launch/2a58921a-8364-4db3-a3f8-8e627deceb60/?format=api", "launch_library_id": 944, "slug": "soyuz-u-soyuz-t-8", "name": "Soyuz-U | Soyuz T-8", "status": { "id": 3, "name": "Success" }, "net": "1983-04-20T13:10:54Z", "window_end": "1983-04-20T13:10:54Z", "window_start": "1983-04-20T13:10:54Z", "inhold": false, "tbdtime": false, "tbddate": false, "probability": -1, "holdreason": "", "failreason": "", "hashtag": null, "launch_service_provider": { "id": 66, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/66/?format=api", "name": "Soviet Space Program", "featured": false, "type": "Government", "country_code": "RUS", "abbrev": "CCCP", "description": "The Soviet space program, was the national space program of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) actived from 1930s until disintegration of the Soviet Union in 1991.\r\n\r\nThe Soviet Union's space program was mainly based on the cosmonautic exploration of space and the development of the expandable launch vehicles, which had been split between many design bureaus competing against each other. Over its 60-years of history, the Russian program was responsible for a number of pioneering feats and accomplishments in the human space flight, including the first intercontinental ballistic missile (R-7), first satellite (Sputnik 1), first animal in Earth orbit (the dog Laika on Sputnik 2), first human in space and Earth orbit (cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin on Vostok 1), first woman in space and Earth orbit (cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova on Vostok 6), first spacewalk (cosmonaut Alexei Leonov on Voskhod 2), first Moon impact (Luna 2), first image of the far side of the Moon (Luna 3) and unmanned lunar soft landing (Luna 9), first space rover (Lunokhod 1), first sample of lunar soil automatically extracted and brought to Earth (Luna 16), and first space station (Salyut 1). Further notable records included the first interplanetary probes: Venera 1 and Mars 1 to fly by Venus and Mars, respectively, Venera 3 and Mars 2 to impact the respective planet surface, and Venera 7 and Mars 3 to make soft landings on these planets.", "administrator": null, "founding_year": "1931", "launchers": "", "spacecraft": "", "launch_library_url": null, "total_launch_count": 2456, "consecutive_successful_launches": 17, "successful_launches": 2288, "failed_launches": 168, "pending_launches": 0, "consecutive_successful_landings": 0, "successful_landings": 0, "failed_landings": 0, "attempted_landings": 0, "info_url": "", "wiki_url": "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_space_program", "logo_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/soviet2520space2520program_logo_20191229081307.png", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/soviet2520space2520program_image_20191229081306.jpeg", "nation_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/soviet2520space2520program_nation_20191229081307.png" }, "rocket": { "id": 289, "configuration": { "id": 37, "launch_library_id": 35, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/config/launcher/37/?format=api", "name": "Soyuz U", "description": "", "family": "Soyuz", "full_name": "Soyuz U", "manufacturer": { "id": 63, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/63/?format=api", "name": "Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)", "featured": true, "type": "Government", "country_code": "RUS", "abbrev": "RFSA", "description": "The Roscosmos State Corporation for Space Activities, commonly known as Roscosmos, is the governmental body responsible for the space science program of the Russian Federation and general aerospace research. Soyuz has many launch locations the Russian sites are Baikonur, Plesetsk and Vostochny however Ariane also purchases the vehicle and launches it from French Guiana.", "administrator": "Administrator: Yuri Borisov", "founding_year": "1992", "launchers": "Soyuz", "spacecraft": "Soyuz", "launch_library_url": null, "total_launch_count": 331, "consecutive_successful_launches": 55, "successful_launches": 320, "failed_launches": 11, "pending_launches": 10, "consecutive_successful_landings": 0, "successful_landings": 0, "failed_landings": 0, "attempted_landings": 0, "info_url": "http://en.roscosmos.ru/", "wiki_url": "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Federal_Space_Agency", "logo_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/russian2520federal2520space2520agency25202528roscosmos2529_logo_20190207032459.png", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/russian2520federal2520space2520agency25202528roscosmos2529_image_20190207032459.jpeg", "nation_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/russian2520federal2520space2520agency25202528roscosmos2529_nation_20230531052758.jpg" }, "program": [], "variant": "", "alias": "", "min_stage": 2, "max_stage": 3, "length": 51.1, "diameter": 2.95, "maiden_flight": "1973-05-18", "launch_mass": 313, "leo_capacity": 6900, "gto_capacity": null, "to_thrust": null, "apogee": null, "vehicle_range": null, "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/soyuz2520u_image_20190222031023.jpeg", "info_url": null, "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soyuz-U", "total_launch_count": 714, "consecutive_successful_launches": 1, "successful_launches": 694, "failed_launches": 20, "pending_launches": 0 }, "launcher_stage": [], "spacecraft_stage": { "id": 283, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/spacecraft/flight/283/?format=api", "mission_end": "1983-04-22T13:28:42Z", "destination": "Salyut 7", "launch_crew": [ { "id": 2748, "role": "Commander", "astronaut": { "id": 267, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/astronaut/267/?format=api", "name": "Vladimir Georgiyevich Titov", "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Government" }, "status": { "id": 2, "name": "Retired" }, "agency": { "id": 63, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/63/?format=api", "name": "Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)", "type": "Government" }, "date_of_birth": "1947-01-01", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": "Russian", "twitter": null, "instagram": null, "bio": "Vladimir Georgiyevich Titov (Russian: Владимир Георгиевич Титов; born 1 January 1947 in Sretensk, Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia) is a retired Russian Air Force Colonel and former cosmonaut. He has participated in four spaceflight missions. The catastrophic explosion of a Soyuz rocket in 1983 led to him being one of only two people to use a launch escape system.", "profile_image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/vladimir2520georgiyevich2520titov_image_20181201222703.jpg", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Georgiyevich_Titov", "last_flight": "1997-09-26T02:34:19Z", "first_flight": "1983-04-20T13:10:54Z" } }, { "id": 2830, "role": "Research Cosmonaut", "astronaut": { "id": 246, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/astronaut/246/?format=api", "name": "Aleksandr Serebrov", "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Government" }, "status": { "id": 11, "name": "Deceased" }, "agency": { "id": 63, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/63/?format=api", "name": "Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)", "type": "Government" }, "date_of_birth": "1944-02-15", "date_of_death": "2013-11-12", "nationality": "Russian", "twitter": null, "instagram": null, "bio": "Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Serebrov (Russian: Алекса́ндр Алекса́ндрович Серебро́в, February 15, 1944 – November 12, 2013) was a Soviet cosmonaut. He graduated from Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (1967), and was selected as a cosmonaut on December 1, 1978. He retired on May 10, 1995.\r\nHe flew on Soyuz T-7, Soyuz T-8, Soyuz TM-8 and Soyuz TM-17. He was one of very few cosmonauts to fly for both the Soviet Union and the Russian Federation that followed it. He held the record for most spacewalks, 10, until Anatoly Solovyev surpassed it. In all, Serebrov spent 371.95 days in space. Serebrov contributed to the design of Salyut 6, Salyut 7, and the Mir space stations.", "profile_image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/aleksandr2520serebrov_image_20181201215818.jpg", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandr_Serebrov", "last_flight": "1993-07-01T14:32:58Z", "first_flight": "1982-08-19T17:11:52Z" } }, { "id": 2693, "role": "Flight Engineer", "astronaut": { "id": 259, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/astronaut/259/?format=api", "name": "Gennadi Strekalov", "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Government" }, "status": { "id": 11, "name": "Deceased" }, "agency": { "id": 63, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/63/?format=api", "name": "Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)", "type": "Government" }, "date_of_birth": "1940-10-26", "date_of_death": "2004-12-25", "nationality": "Russian", "twitter": null, "instagram": null, "bio": "Gennadi Mikhailovich Strekalov (Russian: Генна́дий Миха́йлович Стрека́лов; October 26, 1940 – December 25, 2004) was an engineer, cosmonaut, and administrator at Russian aerospace firm RSC Energia. He flew into space five times and lived aboard the Salyut-6, Salyut-7, and Mir space stations, spending over 268 days in space. The catastrophic explosion of a Soyuz rocket in 1983 led to him being one of only two people to use a launch escape system.", "profile_image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/gennadi2520strekalov_image_20181201221605.jpg", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gennadi_Strekalov", "last_flight": "1995-03-14T06:11:34Z", "first_flight": "1980-11-27T14:18:28Z" } } ], "onboard_crew": [], "landing_crew": [ { "id": 2751, "role": "Commander", "astronaut": { "id": 267, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/astronaut/267/?format=api", "name": "Vladimir Georgiyevich Titov", "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Government" }, "status": { "id": 2, "name": "Retired" }, "agency": { "id": 63, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/63/?format=api", "name": "Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)", "type": "Government" }, "date_of_birth": "1947-01-01", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": "Russian", "twitter": null, "instagram": null, "bio": "Vladimir Georgiyevich Titov (Russian: Владимир Георгиевич Титов; born 1 January 1947 in Sretensk, Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia) is a retired Russian Air Force Colonel and former cosmonaut. He has participated in four spaceflight missions. The catastrophic explosion of a Soyuz rocket in 1983 led to him being one of only two people to use a launch escape system.", "profile_image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/vladimir2520georgiyevich2520titov_image_20181201222703.jpg", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Georgiyevich_Titov", "last_flight": "1997-09-26T02:34:19Z", "first_flight": "1983-04-20T13:10:54Z" } }, { "id": 706, "role": "Research Cosmonaut", "astronaut": { "id": 246, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/astronaut/246/?format=api", "name": "Aleksandr Serebrov", "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Government" }, "status": { "id": 11, "name": "Deceased" }, "agency": { "id": 63, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/63/?format=api", "name": "Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)", "type": "Government" }, "date_of_birth": "1944-02-15", "date_of_death": "2013-11-12", "nationality": "Russian", "twitter": null, "instagram": null, "bio": "Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Serebrov (Russian: Алекса́ндр Алекса́ндрович Серебро́в, February 15, 1944 – November 12, 2013) was a Soviet cosmonaut. He graduated from Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (1967), and was selected as a cosmonaut on December 1, 1978. He retired on May 10, 1995.\r\nHe flew on Soyuz T-7, Soyuz T-8, Soyuz TM-8 and Soyuz TM-17. He was one of very few cosmonauts to fly for both the Soviet Union and the Russian Federation that followed it. He held the record for most spacewalks, 10, until Anatoly Solovyev surpassed it. In all, Serebrov spent 371.95 days in space. Serebrov contributed to the design of Salyut 6, Salyut 7, and the Mir space stations.", "profile_image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/aleksandr2520serebrov_image_20181201215818.jpg", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandr_Serebrov", "last_flight": "1993-07-01T14:32:58Z", "first_flight": "1982-08-19T17:11:52Z" } }, { "id": 2689, "role": "Flight Engineer", "astronaut": { "id": 259, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/astronaut/259/?format=api", "name": "Gennadi Strekalov", "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Government" }, "status": { "id": 11, "name": "Deceased" }, "agency": { "id": 63, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/63/?format=api", "name": "Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)", "type": "Government" }, "date_of_birth": "1940-10-26", "date_of_death": "2004-12-25", "nationality": "Russian", "twitter": null, "instagram": null, "bio": "Gennadi Mikhailovich Strekalov (Russian: Генна́дий Миха́йлович Стрека́лов; October 26, 1940 – December 25, 2004) was an engineer, cosmonaut, and administrator at Russian aerospace firm RSC Energia. He flew into space five times and lived aboard the Salyut-6, Salyut-7, and Mir space stations, spending over 268 days in space. The catastrophic explosion of a Soyuz rocket in 1983 led to him being one of only two people to use a launch escape system.", "profile_image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/gennadi2520strekalov_image_20181201221605.jpg", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gennadi_Strekalov", "last_flight": "1995-03-14T06:11:34Z", "first_flight": "1980-11-27T14:18:28Z" } } ], "spacecraft": { "id": 138, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/spacecraft/138/?format=api", "name": "Soyuz T-8", "serial_number": "Soyuz T 11F732 #13", "status": { "id": 4, "name": "Single Use" }, "description": "Soyuz T-8 was a Soyuz spacecraft which launched on 20 April 1983 13:10 UTC. It intended to transport three cosmonauts to Salyut 7, but the spacecraft failed to dock. 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